jim says christie has earned my respect as well, he was obviously shaken tired and working like hell. bill says he is doing what he obviously needs to do, but i still won't vote for him in 2016. >> bill: well more people will. kerry quick question on the follow-up on president obama. that was a bold thing for him to do -- >> to come out for same-sex marriage. >> has it hurt him in the polling? >> no. state and national polls have been consistently asking the question, regardless of who you are voting for, who do you trust to do a better job on abortion and gay marriage issues. and consistently he comes out ahead on that. 52 to 30%. so voters favor him over romney -- >> on that issue -- >> on that issue. as well as in virginia where a lot of people were really nervous about it. there was an october poll where they asked this early october, so obviously a lot has hand since then but on this particular issue, voters in virginia favored obama over romney 54 to 34. >> bill: why would any gay person vote for mitt romney? >> i don't know if they -- they just have to not be thinking about the